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| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 2:02 PM | ||
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Was reading an article about treestand location and they recommended setting up your tresstand on the opposite side of the tree, located near the trail you are hunting. I know a lot is based on wind direction that day and distance away from the trail and available trees in the area. What are you guys take on this??? __________________ Back straps..It's whats for dinner.
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 2:34 PM | ||
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I often set up that way. More often I set up paralell to the trail I expect them on. use the tree for cover and shoot once they pass you. gives you a great quartering away shot. __________________ >>>>----> NJH Pro Staffer.
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 2:47 PM | ||
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I always set up with the deer coming behind me __________________ EAT SLEEP HUNT Make your dreams a reality. Take a kid hunting. Film your next hunt. www.nloutdoors.com
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 2:53 PM | ||
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I think it's good to setup that way, but problematic in that you can only hear them coming, not see them coming.
Some guys stand and face the tree, so they can see them coming...but if you hunt all day, that's pretty tough. The major pro is you get the breakup of the tree to mask you and your movement. I position my stands quartering where I expect to get a shot, so I can shoot standing or sitting down (if I get surprised). |
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 3:27 PM | ||
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Quote: I kill 75% of my Deer sitting down.so I can shoot standing or sitting down (if I get surprised). __________________ >>>>----> NJH Pro Staffer.
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 3:35 PM | ||
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I like to shoot the bow standing and the gun sitting. 
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 4:29 PM | ||
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I setup different based on topography, shot angle, how many trails intersect, time of day this stand is too be hung, and if there is natural mast crop browse...All dictate stand location and which way it faces.
Wind plays a major roll in location, but not which side of the tree I hang on, obviously that would make no difference. Each stand is unique in and of it self. With a climber, I will put the tree between myself and the deer, so that when they become parrallel to me, I am now at full draw. Sitting ? I guess thats not a bad thing. I stand the entire time I am in a tree, so my shots are usually standing. I killed one deer sitting, last year opening day, morning hunt. I was lazy. __________________ When a gun-hunter sees the animal he wants- the hunts over. When a bow-hunter sees the animal he wants, the hunt is just begining !
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 5:17 PM | ||
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I'm with you JR sitting down shot's especially with the bow are very comfortable. I practice my sitting down shots from the stand move the deer targe arround the tree at various yardage in order to make sure I cut enough out etc. Stand placement is very important. But even more important in terms of wind direction is the way you are walking to your stand. If the wind isn't right either go all the way arround or hunt another area. Droptine269 and I were just talking about this last night. One thing I had also not put much thought into was my way out after morning hunts with out spooking deer. __________________ EAT SLEEP HUNT Make your dreams a reality. Take a kid hunting. Film your next hunt. www.nloutdoors.com
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 5:53 PM Last Edited By: liquidorange | ||
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too many factors to give a definate answer. setting up to allow you to draw your bow undetected is more important.if you shoot sitting down you need to practice. if you have a long draw the string can catch on loose clothing sitting down. been there done that . i feel the biggest thing in deciding stand placement is time of the day and sunrise/sunset direction.you dont want to be blinded at shot time.thats why most of my set ups are for either morning or afternoon stands. rarely will an area work great for both but there are exceptions to the rule . .also in late fall-winter whenever i go it seems the wind tends to be some variation out of the north.i try to set up down wind of the good trails i expect to see the deer come down. so for me facing EAST or WEST and trying to be downwind is the most important things to think about.
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 6:02 PM | ||
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i feel the biggest thing in deciding stand placement is time of the day and sunrise/sunset direction.you dont want to be blinded at shot time that how i make my all day stands. i hate the mid day sun in my face. really hate it in late season when i have a wool hat on with no brim. __________________ united bowhunters of nj
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 6:49 PM | ||
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Doesn't Wenzel have 3 reasons why he picks a particulair tree?
Does anyone remember them? You also need to take the sun into an account as well don't you think other wise it might be like a light is shinning on you. |
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 7:12 PM | ||
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One thing I had also not put much thought into was my way out after morning hunts with out spooking deer. The way out during an evening hunt is the MOST difficult, when trying not to spook deer. I like to hunt crop field edges in the early season, afternoon. So I hang a stand that is a short walk(less sweat=less smell). I glass the fields prior to deciding where to hang. I have a food plot that sits diagonally between a corn field and a bean field with woods to my back. I hung this set here because in the early season the deer move into the food plot then work their way into the bean fields. Once they are on the beans I can slip out in the other direction and not spook them. For morning hunts, I stick to funnels leading back to bedding, preferablly with water and natural browse in the area, as deer will always go to water on their way back from feeding. Obviously, morning and afternoon trail sets are hung in opposite facing directions. __________________ When a gun-hunter sees the animal he wants- the hunts over. When a bow-hunter sees the animal he wants, the hunt is just begining !
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 7:44 PM | ||
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My treestand is where various trails come together. I go for comfort for me over everything else. My tree leans slightly back, is just the perfect size, etc... Forget where the deer come from, move quietly and don't spook them and they are done. __________________ NRA Life Member
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 7:53 PM | ||
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The way out during an evening hunt is the MOST difficult, when trying not to spook deer. all my field stands have two ways into them. go in from the field at daylight, always have a back door out at night. you spook them a few times, they associate the field with danger. __________________ united bowhunters of nj
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2008 8:05 PM | ||
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I like to face where I think the deer will come.. I do not like shooting the bow sitting down.. So its up to you. After reading JR's post we do things opposite as far as sitting or standing and tree stand placement. But we both kill deer. So its up to you. __________________ I just want to Hunt...
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| Posted: 13 Jun 2008 11:32 AM | ||
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I agree I thought it would be weird having to trun and shoot where the deer are actually traveling but the point of the atricle was that you movement, epecially when Bowhunting is hidden more If your no facing the trail. I would rather face the trail and just hope that my setup provides somewhere the deer would walk behind an obstruction and I can then draw. __________________ Back straps..It's whats for dinner.
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